18th March 1916: Russia launched a disastrous Eastern Front offensive at Lake Naroch, in an attempt to divert German attention from Verdun.
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Jutland Update – May 31 Centenary service at Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Britain’s Royal Navy will hold a parade and remembrance service in Southsea on May 31st 2016 as part of UK commemorations marking the Battle of Jutland Centenary.
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Somme Centenary – 2016 cultural programme at Péronne WW1 museum
Conferences focussing on the German occupation of the Somme and France’s role in the 1916 offensive feature in a centenary cultural programme organised by the Museum of the Great War, Péronne.
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Somme Centenary – CWGC update on visiting Thiepval, June-July 2016
Access to the Thiepval Memorial will be restricted over the immediate Somme Centenary period, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission announces.
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100 Years Ago: Battle of the St Eloi Craters
March 27th 2016 marked the centenary of the largely forgotten ‘Battle of the St Eloi Craters’, fought in a landscape pitted by mine explosions near Ypres. Matt Warner tells the story.
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100 Years Ago: Battle of the St Eloi Craters
March 27th 2016 marked the centenary of the largely forgotten ‘Battle of the St Eloi Craters’, fought in a landscape pitted by mine explosions near Ypres. Matt Warner tells the story.
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National Museum of Ireland exhibition marks 1916 Centenary
The events of the Easter Rising are told in a new centenary exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin.
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Easter ceremonies in Ireland remember 1916 uprising against British rule
Big crowds lined the streets of Dublin on Easter Sunday (March 27th 2016) for commemorations marking the centenary of the Easter Rising during WW1.
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Ireland's President leads commemorations marking the centenary of the Easter Rising against British rule on March 27th 2016 (Easter Sunday).
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Centennial Countdown Blog Posting for March 2016
The latest Centennial Countdown posting by the American First World War blogger Dennis Cross – covering March 1916.
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